File-handle.



T. E. GILL.

FILE HANDLE.

APPLICATION FILED rm. 5, 1910.

Patented May 17, 1910.

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THOMAS E. GILL, 0F CANTON, OHIO.

FILE-I-IANDLE.

Original application filed February 11, 1909, Serial No. 477,371.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 17, 1910.

Divided and this application filed February 5, 1910. Serial No. 542,312.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, THOMAS E. GILL, a citizen of the United States,residing at Canton, in the county of Stark and State of Ohio, haveinvented a new and useful Improvement in File-Handles, of which thefollowing is a specification.

The invention relates to an adjustable handle for a file or othersimilar tools; and the object of the improvement is to provide a pair ofadjustable handles on the side of the file so that the same can bepositively operated with two hands.

A preferred embodiment of the invention is illustrated in theaccompanying drawing, forming part hereof, in which Figure 1 is aperspective view of a file with the improved handle applied thereto;Fig. 2, a cross section showing the connection between the end of onehandle and the file; and Fig. 3, a cross section showing the extensiblejoint or connection between the two handles.

Similar numerals refer to similar parts throughout the drawing.

The file 1 employed to illustrate the invention is preferably of thetype known as a flat file provided with mutually crossing series ofteeth 2 having their cutting edges curved rearwardly from the respectiveedges of the file toward the opposite edges, and convexed toward theforward end of the file, as set forth and claimed in my applicationfiled February 11, 1909, Serial No. 477,371, and matured into LettersPatent No. 944,730, issued December 28, 1909, of which the presentapplication is a divisional part.

The adjustable handle for the side of the file is composed of the twosimilar members 3 and 3 which are preferably curved in a suitable mannerto be conveniently grasped by the hands. The outer ends 5 and 4 of thehandles are preferably flanged and are secured to the respective ends ofthe file, as by means of the bolts 5, the heads 6 of which arecountersunk in the exposed side of the file, and the nuts 7 of which arepreferably adapted to be manipulated by the fingers.

The inner ends of the handles are connected by a preferably inflexibleextensible joint, and as shown this joint is made up of the elongatedslide 8 formed or attached on one section of the handle, and theelongated guide 9 formed or attached on the other section; in whichguide the slide is adapted to be adjusted endwise, and the joint issecured, when properly adjusted to fit a particular file, by means ofthe thumb screw 10.

It is evident that by providing a bolt aper ture 11 at each end of thefile, with countersinks 12 on each side of the file, the handle may beapplied'to either side of the file, thus leaving the other side exposedfor use without any protrusions to interfere with the free operation ofthe same. It is also evident that the improved handle can be adjustedendwise by an extension of the joint between the sections thereof, tofit files of different lengths; and that when secured to the side of afile the same can be operated with two hands, whereby equal pressure canbe imposed on each end of the file by the operator.

I claim:

1. A handle for a file or the like composed of two handle sectionshaving the outer ends thereof secured to the end portions of the fileand their inner ends connected together by an endwise extensible joint.

2. A handle for a file or the like composed of two handle sectionshaving the outer ends thereof secured to the end portions of the fileand their inner ends connected together by an endwise extensibleinflexible joint.

3. A handle for a file or the like composed of two handle sections onone side of the file, bolts adapted to connect the outer ends of thehandle sections to the end portions of the file, and having their headsarranged to be countersunk in the exposed side of the file, the innerends of the handle sections being connected together by an endwiseextensible joint.

THOMAS E. GILL. Witnesses:

HARRY FRnAsn, RUTH A. MILLER.

